Free Family-friendly Permaculture Activities Weekend at Cafe Valise, Chalkwell Park, Southend, July 21/22

Spiralseed are excited to be continuing our collaboration with METAL Southend with our Permaculture Weekend at Chalkwell Hall on Sat 21 / Sun 22 July as part of the Cafe Valise season. We will be presenting a series of FREE family-friendly workshops and activities led by Graham Burnett, Paige Ockendon and Camilla Fox for all ages exploring Permaculture – a design process, that helps create intelligent systems which meet human needs whilst enhancing biodiversity, reducing our impact on the planet, and creating a fairer world for us all. Come along to one, or all of our workshops to find out more… There will also be a chance to check out the Listening Bench and our new recycled pallet planters created in collaboration with Southend Sparkle, Project 49 and local stencil artist Linda Pullen, listen to eco-friendly live jazz from AVANTI! and enjoy art, books, comedy, food, coffee, prosecco and more at Cafe Valise…

Book on to the free activities by clicking here!

Program of activities Saturday and Sunday;

10am – 11am: The Web of Life: Explore the web of connections to be found in nature’s ecosystems, and why these matter for us too!;

11.30am – 12.30pm: Nature Scavenger Art Trail: Observe and explore the world around you and create your own eco-collages.

1pm: Official Launch of the newly created, permanent, Permaculture Planters

1.30pm – 2.30pm: Sound Maps: Tune in and turn on to the sounds of the world around you, and create your own individual sound map art work!

3pm – 4pm: Tree Explorer: Get up close to find out more about the trees in your park.

Permaculture planters funded through Make Southend Sparkle.